Starching-machine.



. Patented Oct. 28, |902. E. B. HEINULD.

STARCHING MACHINE.

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STARGHING MACHINE.

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IIVVENTR Arma/m15 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD B. HEINOLD, `OF ANDERSN, INDIANA.

STARCHlNG-IVlACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,065, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed January 15, 1901. Serial No. 43,327. (No model.) l*

10 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. HEINOLD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at An` derson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Starching-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for starching collars, cuffs, and the like articles made of textile fabrics, said articles beinghereinafter referred to as goods; and the object of the invention is to provide a machine of comparatively few parts, of low cost to construct, simple in its operation, and durable, to thoroughly and quickly incorporate the starch into the goods.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a starching-machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2, aside elevation of same, showing the legs broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical central longitudinal section on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a transverse section on the line 4 4of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a detail showing the wovenwire drum-covering construction; Fig. 6, a detail of the small roller adjustable bearing;

. Fig. 7, a detail of the side of the tank, showing the manner of securing the roller-frame suspension-rods; Fig. 8, a side elevation f one of the rollers, showing the end grooves and string or cord therein to hold the rollercover in place;-Fig. 9, a detail on a larger scale, showing one of the drums and the two rollers and belt working therewith; and Fig. 10, a detail View similar to a portion of Fig. 9,

on an enlarged scale.

is provided in the bottom of the steam-chest for the discharge of the steam.

6 is a frame comprising two trussed side pieces which are united by the end rods 7 7 and middle rods 8 and 9. The lower middle rod'S and the rods 7 7 project beyond the sides of the frame a suitable distance to contact with the sides of the starch-tank 1 and support the frame in the position shown in Figs. 3and 4. To preventlongitudinal movement 'of the frame on the sides of the tank, I provide notches 10, Figs. 2 and 7, into which the ends of the rods take, and to prevent longitudinal movement of the end rods in the slots I notch the upper sides of the rod ends and pass a pin through said notch and through the walls of the tank in the manner shown in Fig. 7, in which 11 represents the pin. Supported'by this frame 6 and mounted between the sides thereof are the cylinders or drums 12 and 13 and the four smaller rolls 14, 15, 16, and 17, and passing over and under the four last-mentioned rollers and under the said drums 12 and 13 is the continuous belt 18. The pressure between the two drums l2 and 13 and the four rollers 14, 15, 16, and 17 through the belt 18 is sufficient to cause thev said rollers to revolve by the rotation of the drums, thereby causing the belt to travel, causing the goods fed in between drum 12 and roller 14 to be carried through the machine and discharged between drum 13 and roller 17. Drum 12 is mounted on shaft 18 and drum 13 on shaft 19, and the projectedend of shafts 1 8 and 19 are providedwith the toothed wheels 2O and 21, which`engage worms 22 and 23 on shaft 24, situated alongside of the starchtank and supported on brackets therefrom. This shaft has the tight belt-pulley 25, which is connected by belt with any suitable source of power, and it also has the loose pulley 26, upon which the belt will be shifted to throw the mechanism out of action. The quantity of starch maintained in the starch-tank is sufficient to cover the two lower rollers 15 and 16 and to cover the lower portions of drums 12 and 13 and rollers 14 and 17. The drum 12 is hollow, so that the starch is free to circulate through it, and its periphery is a Woven-wire construction with 'meshes form- IOO ing perforations for the passage of starch therethrough. The construction of drum 12 is as follows: Rings 26, supported from hubs by suitable spiders, are connected by a series of rods 27, and Wound around the cylinder thus formed in an open spiral is the heavy wire 28, forming a strong foundation, upon which is laid the wire-cloth 29, and upon this cloth 29 is wrapped the cloth 30, made of lnuch ner wire woven with much closer meshes. The belt 18 coming out of the body of starch in the tank is thoroughly covered with starch, and the belt being held closely against the bottom of the drum 12 by a proper adjustment of the rollers 14 and l5 causes the starch carried by it to be driven through the goods by the pressure of the belt against the open- Work surface of the drum as the goods are carried under the drum by the progress of the belt. The open-work resistance provided by the periphery of the cylinder is reduced to mere lines of contact along the wires of the outside cloth, so that the forcing of the starch through the goods is not obstructed by any solid surface on the periphery of the cylinder or drum. This peculiar construction constitutes one of the leading features of my invention and enables me to apply the starch in a particularly uniform and even manner. The goods thoroughly saturated with starch issue from between drum 12 and roller 15 and are carried by the belt from roller 15 to roller 16 and thence between drum 13 and rollers 16 and 17, by which the excess of starch is pressed out by said drum and rollers. The peripheries of the drum 13 and rollers 14, 15, 16, and 17 are of wood covered with silencecloth, canton-flannel, or other material having a loose pile.

The sides of the frame 6, at the ends thereof, are provided with the rectangular frames 31, (see Fig. 6), having the movable bar 32 with guide-pins 33, surrounded by springs 34 to press the bar 32 against the boxes 35, in which runs the shafts of the rollers 14 and 17. The construction affords a yielding pressure of the rollers against their respective drumsand permits thick portions of goods to pass between without clogging the machine. The boxes 35 have an adjustment in the space between the bar 32 and the frame 31, controlled by the bolt 36, which passes through a threaded opening in the frame and has a swivel or ball-and-socket connection with the box, the direction being such that when the boxes are moved upwardly the rollers on the shafts supported by said boxes will be drawn closer toward their adjacent drum, but when moved in a downward direction said rollers will be separated from said drums. The construction by which an upward movement of the journal-box will tighten the roller against the drum and loosen it when moved in a downward direction is best illustrated in Fig. 9, in which n; represents a radial line of the drum, y y a line tangent to both roller and drum, and sa a line parallel witll the sides of the way in which the journal-box is adjustably mounted and oblique to the radial line x. This line ,e .e shows the direction of movement of the roller when it is adjusted and shows clearly that an upward adjustment tightens the roller against the drum, while a downward adjustment loosens it. As the boxes at each end of the roller-shafts are independently adjustable, one can be moved without disturbing the other, thereby enabling any looseness in one side of the belt to be taken up in order to cause the belt to run even.

The side members of the frame 6 have hangers 37, terminating in rectangular runs 38 for the boxes 39 for shafts of rollers 15 and 16. The boxes are set up with set-screws 40, having tapering ends, which enter springs between Vthe bolt ends and boxes to afford a yielding resistance.

The amount of starch given to the goods will be determined by the pressure of the rollers 14, 15, 16, and 17 against the drums 12 and 13, and this is controlled by the screwbolts 36 and 40. The line of contact between roller 15 and drum 12 is made low on the latter to prevent the goods from being carried around on drum 12, as would be the case were the roller set higher up--as, for example, as high as it appears in the case of roller 17. In the latter case it is desired that the goods adhere to the large drum instead of following around roller 17, for the reason that they can the more readily be picked oif of the larger surface of the drum 13.

41 is a belt-tightener consisting of a roller supported by the vertical longitudinally-adjustable rods 42.

The rollers 14, 15, 16, and 17 have annular grooves g near their ends for two purposesfirst, to form a hold fora string to be Wrapped around the roller to prevent longitudinal slipping of the roller-cover, and, second, to receive ropes 42a, fastened near the edges of the belt on the side of latter which contacts with said rollers for the purpose of keeping the belt from running od of said rollers.

It will be recalled that frame 6 is suspended in the starch-tank by rods 77 and 8 and that end rods7 7 are secured by cross-pins. When it is desired to raise drum 12 or 13 into position for easy access for the purpose of cleaning or repairs, its adjacent end rod is released by the removal of the pins which hold it. Then said end is lifted high enough to allow the adjustable supports 43 to be introduced under ends of rod S. The supports 43 are pivotally secured at one of their ends to the sides of the starch-tank and have forks at the other end to receive the ends of the rod S. The elevated position of the frame and drum is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Both ends of the frame, with its accompanying drum, can be elevated in the manner just described.

44 44 are removable tables placed at each end of the starch-box. They have under side hooks 45 to hook over the end rods 7 7 and IOC) IIO

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lto drive the two drums one drum might be connected With the power and its shaft belted to the shaft of its mate, and other modifications i`n this and other parts of the machinesuch, for example, as dispensing With the drum 13, which While not as satisfactory in point of quality and quantity of Work produced provides a much cheaper construction as to cost of manufacture.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, What I claim as new, and wish" to secure by Letters Patent, is-,

1. In a starching-machine, a cylinder comprising a plurality of rings supported from a hub, rods connecting the rings approximately parallel with the axis of rotation of the cylinder, Wires laid thereon around 'the cylinder in curves, a coarse Wire-cloth laid on the wires and a cloth of tiner and closer woven Wires laid on the first-mentioned cloth,substantially as described and shown.

2. In a starching-machine, a cylinder or drum having an outside periphery of Wirecloth an adjacent underlying and supporting layer of heavier Wire-cloth and an open frame or support for said cloth layers, substantially as described and shown.

3. In a starching-rnachine, a cylinder or drum having a Woven-Wire periphery built up of several layers of Wire-cloth of varying fineness of Wire and mesh, and means for passing goods under the cylinder and forregulating the quantity of starch given thereto consisting of a plurality of rollers, a belt connecting the rollers and held against a portion of the cylinder or drum bysaid rollers and a starch-tank in which said mechanism is suspended,substantiall y as described and shown.

4. In a starching-machine, a tank, a cylinder or drum having a Woven-Wire periphery and a hollow interior, a second drum having a solid surface covered With a soft material, rollers and a belt connecting the rollers and held in contact With a portion of said drums by said rollers, substantially as described'and shown.

5. In a starching-machine, a tank,'a frame removably secured to the sides of .said tank,

a drum supported by said frame having a Woven-wire periphery, a second drum supported by said frame having asolid periphery, a pair of rollers for each drum, a belt connecting the rollers and held by said rollers against a portion of said drums and means for imparting an equal motion to said drums, substantially as described and shown.

6. The combination,\vith a starch-tank having vertically-slotted sides and removable pins crossing said slots, of a double truss forming the bearing-frame for the drums and rollers of the machine, each truss having three lateral outside projections or rod ends, one at either end ot' the truss and one intermediate of said end projections, said frame being suspended in the'starch-tank by placing the rod projections at the ends of the frame in the slots, below the removable pins crossing said slots, and an adjustable Asupport hinged to the tank and adaptedto be elevated to engage the middle rod ends and support the frame when the latter is raised at its ends; substantially as described and shown.

vIn witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 3d day of January, A. D. 1901. l

BDWARDy B. HEINoLD. [L s] 

